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A controversy over workplace conduct may explain former chief executive Tom Stewart’s resignation from the firm. Stewart, who had been on a sabbatical, officially left the firm and lost his chance at the chairmanship this week. Jim Fitter, interim chief ...

Ronnie L. White, the first and only black member of the Missouri Supreme Court, announced his retirement from the bench Friday afternoon. White’s departure, scheduled for July 6, marks the end of a judicial career that was a source of ...

Amendment fails as does one to seal criminal records

Competing motions for summary judgment are vying for Judge Catherine D. Perry’s attention in a case between a southeastern Missouri school district and community members over the distribution of Bibles to students. At the same time, a panel of the ...

The battle over the gas-powered South Harper Peaking Facility in Peculiar has continued for two years, and the latest arguments continued this week in the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. The owner of the plant, Aquila, didn’t get zoning ...

Historic courthouses across Missouri were declared “endangered,” for the second year in a row by the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit that advocates for the preservation of historic structures in the state. The 114 county courthouses in Missouri ...

A Pfizer unit failed to properly warn a New Jersey woman about the cancer risk of its hormone-replacement drug Provera and should pay $1.5 million in damages, jurors said in the first trial over the menopause treatment. A Philadelphia jury ...

Tiffany Lett drove her car six miles the wrong way on U.S. Highway 71 before colliding head-on with another vehicle. The April 2005 accident near Missouri Highway 58 instantly killed Lett, who had spent the previous four hours drinking at ...

Attorney Sherrie Hansen was startled earlier this month to get a notice from the Missouri Department of Social Services announcing an upcoming hearing date for a change in her child support. The May 2 letter was a surprise because Hansen ...

Nonprofit sues renovators after fire destroys building A nonprofit corporation whose Belton building was destroyed by a fire more than three years ago is suing the companies that were renovating the facility when the blaze started. Turner’s & GACA Family ...